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| The Kasigluk School Bus --- after dropping off most of the kids. |
VILLAGE SCHOOL BUS
in August, the school bus arrived
a giant aluminum boat
we piled in, half a village
of children, grinning
into the brisk morning air
October ice, freeze-up
found me stuck
on the other side
ice-pans keeping the bus
from delivering us home
on the river road
no relatives to stay with
Wilson's family took me in
slept on the floor
beside his bed
ate blackfish, dried pike, white fish
salmon strips, seal oil
charged the occaisional frozen
pizza to my dad's account
at the village store
maybe a few extra corn-nuts
and blackcherry Shasta
when the river froze
the bus arrived
to take us home
a giant wooden sled bus
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